She sat on the floor of her bathroom staring at the little pink plus sign on the white stick she held in her hand. She was pregnant, she and Sam had broken up a few weeks ago and she was almost positive that the baby wasn't his. It was another man's who she had let go because she thought that's what was best.
She got off the floor, placed the test on the counter, and washed her hands. She walked into the bathroom and put on the outfit she had picked out the night before. She walked down to the kitchen, filled her travel coffee cup, and turned off the coffee maker. She grabbed her coffee mug and her purse, locked up the door behind her then got into her car. She walked into the office and found that no one was here yet. She found the files she was working on the day before in a pile on her desk; she sat down and began to look through them. A half an hour passed and she heard the ding of the elevator; she didn't look up to see who it was she just kept working.
Naomi entered her office a few minutes later.
"Hey Nae."
"I'm exhausted I was up all night with Olivia, because Maya goes back to school today and I didn't want her to be exhausted on her first day back but I was able to get in early to get a break before my patients today! But why are you here so early?"
"Sit down, because I about to drop something big and I need your help."
Naomi's eyes widen as Addison spoke.
"Addie, what's going on?"
"Nae, I'm pregnant."
"Addie, please tell me it's not Sam's."
"Awe, Nae it's not Sam's; I promise...it can't be."
"Then who?"
"I'm pretty sure it's Pete's but I need you to do an ultrasound, to see how far along I am. I mean I guess there is a chance it could be Sam's but it's more likely Pete's."
"Well, let's get you to ultrasound now; I'll go set up in Exam Room Two, meet me in five."
"Thanks, Nae."
Five minutes later Addison found herself lying on an exam table with her shirt pulled up. She had never been so nervous in her life, she was about to find out who was the father of her baby. Naomi squirted some gel onto Addison slightly raised stomach, and then started moving the wand around. She point out the head, body, legs and arms, although she really didn't have to because Addison could tell.
"It looks like the baby is around sixteen weeks."
Naomi could see the smile shining through Addison's eyes but it soon turned to tears.
"I guess I'm doing this alone, how can I tell Pete I'm having his baby? He just got married, he's happy and they're a family."
"Well, if you ask me they are not as happy as they look. All Violet ever does is complain to me when I see her. Lucas did this or Lucas did that, or Lucas wouldn't go to sleep last night."
"I guess she didn't know what came with being a Mom. Nae promise me you won't say anything to him."
"I won't but you really should tell him, he missed all of this with Lucas; he'd be devastated if he missed it all again."
"I will, I'll try when I find the right time."
Addison wiped the gel off her stomach, while Naomi printed out the ultrasound pictures for her. Naomi tucked them into a folder and handed them to her as if it was a case she needed her to look over. They walked out of the exam room and to their own offices.
Pete woke up at seven thirty to the sound of his son's cries, he looked over at his wife who threw a pillow over her head trying to ignore it. He shook his head and got up to get Lucas. He walked in to see his little boy sitting up and crying, he was growing up so fast. Sometimes Pete couldn't believe that he had turned one a couple weeks ago.
Pete lifted the little boy from his crib and carried him over to the changing table. Once Lucas had a clean diaper on, they went downstairs in search of breakfast. Pete sat Lucas down in his highchair and gave him a toy to play with while he got his juice cup ready. Pete turned on the coffee pot and started preparing Lucas' oatmeal with smashed bananas. Pete smiled at the thought of his son's favorite breakfast food, it was the first thing Addison had made Lucas and he had ended up loving it despite was Pete thought. Pete couldn't help but think of her, she had played such a huge part in their lives and he could see how upset Lucas had been when she left. Yes Violet was his mother but Addison had played the part so much better, even Lucas could tell that even though he was so young. The thing was Addison wasn't "playing", she wanted to be there with them; sometimes he felt as if Violet was just "playing house" with them because that's what she was supposed to do. Pete felt as if she didn't really want to be there with them.
He shook the thought from his head as he as grabbed his coffee and sat down in front of Lucas and began to feed him. He could hear Violet moving around upstairs, he thought maybe she decided she would take Lucas to daycare today. Violet walked into the kitchen and went straight for the coffee pot.
"Lucas can you say 'Hi, Mommy'?" Pete asked him, smiling at Violet.
"Pete can you take him to daycare today, I'm exhausted I'm going to try and get some more sleep before I head into the office." Violet said completely ignoring what he had just said and her son.
"Yeah, sure."
Pete finished up feeding Lucas, cleaned up the dishes then lifted him from his highchair and went back upstairs to get Lucas ready for the day. As they passed, the room Pete shared with Violet he could see her laying back under the covers; he hurt him to think that she didn't really care about their son. He didn't bother to say anything but it he hurt him that she didn't even care enough about their son to give him a kiss, get up with him in the middle of the night or even take him to daycare. Pete got Lucas changed then placed him in the pack and play so he could get changed because he knew Violet wouldn't appreciate him putting Lucas on their bed because he would wake her.
Pete walked in to Lucas' room see him standing up holding on to the side of the pack and play with a huge grin on his face. Pete picked Lucas up and walked downstairs with him. He poured coffee into a travel mug, then got Lucas' jacket on him and grabbed the diaper bag. Pete decided that he was going to take Lucas to work with him today; he knew his work load was light and he would have the time for Lucas.
It was a little after noon when Addison finally had a break from patients. She was in the kitchen trying to find something to eat when she heard the pitter patter of little feet coming down the hall. Addison smiled to herself, in almost twenty months from now her baby would be walking and that noise would be filling her hallways. She was so distracted in thought that she didn't hear the footsteps enter the kitchen, but her head snapped up when she heard the thump and cries. She walked out from behind the island and around to the other side she saw Lucas sitting on the floor next to the chair. He looked up at her with his big hazel full of tears and reached his arms up to her. Addison picked his up and noticed the red bump forming on his forehead; he had hit his head on the chair trying to stand up. She grabbed an ice pack from the freezer, then walked into her office and sat on the couch. Lucas laid cuddled up against Addison's chest as she placed the ice pack on his head, he kept reaching up to move to ice pack; Addison tried her best not to laugh.
"I'm sorry sweetie, but you have to keep it on there so your head doesn't get huge."
Lucas started whining and really pulling at the ice pack, so Addison finally gave in. She took it off and placed it on the table, she started rubbing circles on his back trying to sooth him.
"Shh, sweetie its okay; no more ice see," Addison said raising her empty hands.
Lucas looked up at her then rested his head on her chest. Before she knew it Lucas was asleep on top of her and she was trying herself to fight the sleep but she didn't seem to be winning.
"Cooper, Oh my god, where's Lucas I put him down he was playing with his toys when we were talking where did he go? I have to find him."
"Pete calm down, he couldn't have got too far he's only a baby it's not like he can drive; someone in the office probably picked him up."
"Okay you're right, I'll go this way, and you go that way."
Pete reached Addison's office and wasn't even going to check to see if Lucas was in there because he knew how much she was hurting when she made the decision to leave them but he saw her on the couch and that wasn't quite like her. He peeked his head in the door as saw Lucas peacefully sleeping on top of Addison; they looked like they belonged together. Violet was never like that with Lucas, she never showed the kind of love for him that Addison did. He decided he would just let them sleep, he knew Addison would find him once Lucas woke up. Before he left he took out his phone and snapped a quick picture of them. Pete knew life without Addison would never be the same.
A/N: Okay so this is my first Private Practice fic, I hope you all like this so far. I have another chapter done so if you like this review and let me know and i'll post it! Btw, I'm pro Pete&Addie and anti-Violet, I can't stand her; so don't yell at me for things that might happen in this story, if you don't like it don't read it. Anyway, I really hope you like it. =]
